Try getting the ‘free’ version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and run it daily until you’re satisfied the problem(s) are resolved.
-russ > On Feb 17, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with b.eric: it’s probably not a hacker and is likely a problem with > Flash. Flash is notorious for stuff like that. > > There is another thing that it MIGHT be, though. As unlikely as it is, it is > POSSIBLE that you could be infected with a “trojan” that got installed when > you clicked on something. There are a (very) few that affect the Mac, but you > would have allowed something to install that did the damage. It is VERY easy > to be taken in by “social engineering” phishing schemes that can slip by your > common sense filters. I say this, not as a suggestion that that is what it > was, because I know you’ve been using Macs almost as long as me, but that > circumstances might have conspired to make that happen. I have seen PCs > actually burn out from running too hard trying to keep up with all the > malware spamming the world. > > That said, malware is very unlikely and the far more common culprits for > runaway fans are exactly what Eric said: hot spaces and overworked web > browsers. I do not even have Flash installed and sometimes I have to shut > down my Safari because it’s just gone nuts (<=technical term). > > The way to tell is to bring up Activity Monitor, click on the CPU tab and > sort on %CPU. Processes that are causing the fan to work hard will have the > biggest numbers. > > Jonathan > > > >> On Feb 17, 2017, at 6:40 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I was using my MacBook Air (away from my trusted home network and on an >> unsecured wifi) when the fan started to spin really fast and really loud (is >> there even a fan in my computer?) I forced the computer to shut down by >> holding the powerkey down till it shut off then started it up again. >> >> What gives? > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [email protected] > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 2/28/16 > > Sent from a device not known for spontaneous combustion > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
